Heavy Waterlogging at Padil-Bajal Railway Underbridge: Inconvenience to Smaller Vehicles

The Padil-Bajal railway underbridge near Mangalore Junction railway station faced heavy waterlogging on due to torrential rains. Every year ever since it opened in December 2015, the underbridge on Padil-Bajal road witnessed waterlogging during rainy season following a faulty drainage system. While the Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) deployed heavy-duty water pumps to drain out stagnated water, this time it did not work, said road users.

Wednesday’s waterlogging was so severe that even the up and down ramps of the elevated pedestrian walkway were submerged, thereby affecting pedestrian movement too. While buses waded through the stretch, smaller vehicles could not.